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Second Chance.
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THE ONCORDI
A Student Newspaper for the Concordia Community Concordia College, Moorhead MN January 28,1994 Volume 91, Number 3
Better late than never
Taborn calls for racial unity during King Day observance
Erik Hunziker
F
STAFF WRITER
our days after the holiday, Concordia
College celebrated Martin Luther King
Day on January 21. John M. Taborn,
professor of Afro-American and African
Studies at the University of Minnesota, spoke
of his time with King in the 1960's and the
unity King*s dream can bring today.
Taborn met King during the 1960s while
stationed in Savannah, Georgia as a naval
officer. Taborn described King as a "deep,
spiritual, and misunderstood man, an activist
who exposed the fallacy of race as a
concept." Taborn marched, with fellow
supporters, on Savannah and said that for the
first time in his life, "I was ready to die for a
cause."
Taborn went on to say that the dilemma
Americans face today is one of inner conflict.
He said, "The idea is that there is no room
for the concept that all humans are created
equal. Someone has to be superior." Taborn
said that it is necessary to look for a unity of
humankind; an assimilation of separate
backgrounds and society. "I can stand before
you as an American and not an American,
with a European background and an African
background," said Taborn.
Taborn felt that society has also lost sight
of King's idea of love at the highest
greatness. "The idea that in order to be proud
and black you have to hate whites is absurd.
There is no longer room for separatism,"
Taborn said. Along with this idea of the
illogical, Taborn brought in our own
assumptions and their dated belief. In
conclusion, Taborn said, "It should not seem
strange that we have major corporations
positive aspects of different learning styles.
He felt that in a system where students
were affirmed in their cultural differences
there would still be Aome who lost out but it
would be an equal mixture, not simply
minorities.
Taborn advocated that changes be
implemented as soon as possible, as by the
year 2000 the work force will be made up of
mostly women and people of color. "Children
must be ready to work with a diverse
population," saidTabom.
Brandon Woodruff, a first-year student
who saw the presentation, said, "I felt
Taborn's ideas were good, but the way he
went about staling them was misleading and
confusing." Eric Busch, sophomore, agreed,
saying, "It was unfortunate that he couldn't
pass his knowledge on to the audience. He's
a well-informed individual.
"I wish he had focused on King's ideas
more specifically," Busch said.
Sarah Hetland, junior, enjoyed the
address, saying that Taborn "projected
renewed hope by looking at the subject in
photo/Holly L Anderson new ways. It was refreshing."
Woodruff wished that the address had
been better publicized. "It was in somewhat
poor taste to observe the holiday four days
late, and the lack of publicity didn't help."
So, in the steps of King, Tabom advocated
treading into the future with the unity of all
Taborn called for multi-cultural, gender races under the idea of brotherly love and
fair education which would affirm the cultural awareness. Unity through diversity,
cultural differences of students in the "It's an idea whose time has come; the blue-classroom.
He went on to say that all our P™t is there, we simply need to look at it."
teaching methods have,
until recently, been
entirely European. This
does not allow for the
appreciation and
Dr. John Taborn questioned teaching
methods and social attitudes in his
speech last Friday.
whose C.E.O.'s are all about making the
Four sets of
candidates
vie for SA
positions
Petition drives for SA
executive candidates
concluded last
Wednesday, seeing four sets of
candidates in contention for the
positions of President and Vice-
President of Student Associaton,
currently held by Steve Brantner
and Bryan Lord.
The four teams are: Cort
Jensen, a junior from Circle,
Montana, and Roberto Quiroz, a
junior from Arlington, Texas;
Christoph Schmidt, a sophomore
from West Fargo, North Dakota,
and Erick Felsch, a sophomore
from Rochester, Minnesota;
Charlie Ehlers, a junior from
Moorhead, and Mike Solberg, a
junior from Moorhead; and Paul
Johnson, a junior from Thief
River Falls, and Mike Wentzell, a
junior from Willmar.
Primary elections are on
Wednesday, February 9.
Elections will be held in Knutson
Center and in Grant Center.
Voters will be asked to select
their two preferred sets of
candidates, who will then face
each other in the
Presidential/Vice-Presidential
election the following week.
Harassment action
serves as reminder
Heather Hauschild
Abunch of lawyers are
standing in a bathroom
telling jokes aimed at
homosexuals. One of the
lawyers with them doesn't laugh
— he's gay, but no one notices.
No one knows.
That lawyer is Tom Hanks, in
the new movie Philadelphia.
However, the same behavior
occurs at Concordia. A
Livedalen resident has recently
been placed on probation in the
aftermath of an incident,
described as "innocent fun,"
which led to charges of sexual
harassment being pressed. "We
didn't think he was going to take
it this way," the student said,
"it's just a big
misunderstanding."
Problems on residence hall
floors tend to center around
roommate conflicts. In a survey
conducted by the Residential
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Living Department two years
ago, 10 to 12 percent of women
and 5 to 7 percent of men
changed roommates. "That's not
a bad track record," said Jim
Meier, Director of Residential
Living.
Meier explained that, "When
we build a residential hall floor,
to the extent we can, we try to
create diversity." They try to
take a mix of music majors,
athletes, Ccredo students, and
the like in setting up a floor.
"There's a huge tension on
the floor. . . we're scared to talk
— in our rooms, even," stated
the Livedalen student, "the guys
on the floor just can't believe
what happened."
"My first advice is to talk to
the person you're having
• Reminder
please see page 2
Meetings discuss sex
and the church
Nikki Clymer
S
NEWS REPORTER
tudents, faculty and
community members
were invited to come to
the second of three meetings
discussing the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America's
(ELCA) views on sexuality,
January 20.
Pastor Phil Holtan was there
to lead and direct the
conversation. Students came with
interests and concerns about the
ELCA draft document, "The
Church and Human Sexuality: A
Lutheran Perspective."
Issues regarding the church's
stance on homosexuality were
key to the discussion. Three
common attitudes toward
homosexuality held by Lutherans
were listed in the document.
Lutherans have three common
responses in regard to sexuality:
1. To love our neighbor who is
homosexual means to love thy
sinner but to hate the sin. The
church should be loving and
accepting of persons who are
homosexual; welcoming them as facing those who do not have the
members, but clearly opposing gift of celibacy. It is mpossible to
their sexual decision. insist upon lifelong abstinence
2. To love our neighbor means for all persons whose
to be compassionate toward gay
and lesbian persons and Q ELCA
understanding of the dilemma ; r
° J please see page 3
photo/Jessica Olsen
Students have been attending discussions on the ELCA
document for the past three weeks.

MINNESOTA RBftP'
Habitat gears up for spring
trip.
News, page 2.
W i i IJHLJI
Everyone deserves a
Second Chance.
Features, page 6.
Running Cobbers start a
winning streak.
Sports, page 10,
THE ONCORDI
A Student Newspaper for the Concordia Community Concordia College, Moorhead MN January 28,1994 Volume 91, Number 3
Better late than never
Taborn calls for racial unity during King Day observance
Erik Hunziker
F
STAFF WRITER
our days after the holiday, Concordia
College celebrated Martin Luther King
Day on January 21. John M. Taborn,
professor of Afro-American and African
Studies at the University of Minnesota, spoke
of his time with King in the 1960's and the
unity King*s dream can bring today.
Taborn met King during the 1960s while
stationed in Savannah, Georgia as a naval
officer. Taborn described King as a "deep,
spiritual, and misunderstood man, an activist
who exposed the fallacy of race as a
concept." Taborn marched, with fellow
supporters, on Savannah and said that for the
first time in his life, "I was ready to die for a
cause."
Taborn went on to say that the dilemma
Americans face today is one of inner conflict.
He said, "The idea is that there is no room
for the concept that all humans are created
equal. Someone has to be superior." Taborn
said that it is necessary to look for a unity of
humankind; an assimilation of separate
backgrounds and society. "I can stand before
you as an American and not an American,
with a European background and an African
background," said Taborn.
Taborn felt that society has also lost sight
of King's idea of love at the highest
greatness. "The idea that in order to be proud
and black you have to hate whites is absurd.
There is no longer room for separatism,"
Taborn said. Along with this idea of the
illogical, Taborn brought in our own
assumptions and their dated belief. In
conclusion, Taborn said, "It should not seem
strange that we have major corporations
positive aspects of different learning styles.
He felt that in a system where students
were affirmed in their cultural differences
there would still be Aome who lost out but it
would be an equal mixture, not simply
minorities.
Taborn advocated that changes be
implemented as soon as possible, as by the
year 2000 the work force will be made up of
mostly women and people of color. "Children
must be ready to work with a diverse
population," saidTabom.
Brandon Woodruff, a first-year student
who saw the presentation, said, "I felt
Taborn's ideas were good, but the way he
went about staling them was misleading and
confusing." Eric Busch, sophomore, agreed,
saying, "It was unfortunate that he couldn't
pass his knowledge on to the audience. He's
a well-informed individual.
"I wish he had focused on King's ideas
more specifically," Busch said.
Sarah Hetland, junior, enjoyed the
address, saying that Taborn "projected
renewed hope by looking at the subject in
photo/Holly L Anderson new ways. It was refreshing."
Woodruff wished that the address had
been better publicized. "It was in somewhat
poor taste to observe the holiday four days
late, and the lack of publicity didn't help."
So, in the steps of King, Tabom advocated
treading into the future with the unity of all
Taborn called for multi-cultural, gender races under the idea of brotherly love and
fair education which would affirm the cultural awareness. Unity through diversity,
cultural differences of students in the "It's an idea whose time has come; the blue-classroom.
He went on to say that all our P™t is there, we simply need to look at it."
teaching methods have,
until recently, been
entirely European. This
does not allow for the
appreciation and
Dr. John Taborn questioned teaching
methods and social attitudes in his
speech last Friday.
whose C.E.O.'s are all about making the
Four sets of
candidates
vie for SA
positions
Petition drives for SA
executive candidates
concluded last
Wednesday, seeing four sets of
candidates in contention for the
positions of President and Vice-
President of Student Associaton,
currently held by Steve Brantner
and Bryan Lord.
The four teams are: Cort
Jensen, a junior from Circle,
Montana, and Roberto Quiroz, a
junior from Arlington, Texas;
Christoph Schmidt, a sophomore
from West Fargo, North Dakota,
and Erick Felsch, a sophomore
from Rochester, Minnesota;
Charlie Ehlers, a junior from
Moorhead, and Mike Solberg, a
junior from Moorhead; and Paul
Johnson, a junior from Thief
River Falls, and Mike Wentzell, a
junior from Willmar.
Primary elections are on
Wednesday, February 9.
Elections will be held in Knutson
Center and in Grant Center.
Voters will be asked to select
their two preferred sets of
candidates, who will then face
each other in the
Presidential/Vice-Presidential
election the following week.
Harassment action
serves as reminder
Heather Hauschild
Abunch of lawyers are
standing in a bathroom
telling jokes aimed at
homosexuals. One of the
lawyers with them doesn't laugh
— he's gay, but no one notices.
No one knows.
That lawyer is Tom Hanks, in
the new movie Philadelphia.
However, the same behavior
occurs at Concordia. A
Livedalen resident has recently
been placed on probation in the
aftermath of an incident,
described as "innocent fun,"
which led to charges of sexual
harassment being pressed. "We
didn't think he was going to take
it this way," the student said,
"it's just a big
misunderstanding."
Problems on residence hall
floors tend to center around
roommate conflicts. In a survey
conducted by the Residential
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Living Department two years
ago, 10 to 12 percent of women
and 5 to 7 percent of men
changed roommates. "That's not
a bad track record," said Jim
Meier, Director of Residential
Living.
Meier explained that, "When
we build a residential hall floor,
to the extent we can, we try to
create diversity." They try to
take a mix of music majors,
athletes, Ccredo students, and
the like in setting up a floor.
"There's a huge tension on
the floor. . . we're scared to talk
— in our rooms, even," stated
the Livedalen student, "the guys
on the floor just can't believe
what happened."
"My first advice is to talk to
the person you're having
• Reminder
please see page 2
Meetings discuss sex
and the church
Nikki Clymer
S
NEWS REPORTER
tudents, faculty and
community members
were invited to come to
the second of three meetings
discussing the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America's
(ELCA) views on sexuality,
January 20.
Pastor Phil Holtan was there
to lead and direct the
conversation. Students came with
interests and concerns about the
ELCA draft document, "The
Church and Human Sexuality: A
Lutheran Perspective."
Issues regarding the church's
stance on homosexuality were
key to the discussion. Three
common attitudes toward
homosexuality held by Lutherans
were listed in the document.
Lutherans have three common
responses in regard to sexuality:
1. To love our neighbor who is
homosexual means to love thy
sinner but to hate the sin. The
church should be loving and
accepting of persons who are
homosexual; welcoming them as facing those who do not have the
members, but clearly opposing gift of celibacy. It is mpossible to
their sexual decision. insist upon lifelong abstinence
2. To love our neighbor means for all persons whose
to be compassionate toward gay
and lesbian persons and Q ELCA
understanding of the dilemma ; r
° J please see page 3
photo/Jessica Olsen
Students have been attending discussions on the ELCA
document for the past three weeks.